Date	Description/Objective	Screen Shots

9/2/09	Today I made an ice skater skate better.
9/9/09	Today we discussed the different game genres in class. After that, we learned a little more in Alice, and we got our first take home lab. I made a geisha looking girl dance around Project 1.
9/16/09	We learned how to create a level in CounterStrike using the Hammer Editor, and it was quite confusing at first. We then added the link in the above box.
9/30/09	Today we learned more about the different things we can create and edit. We made a pillar in our room, as well as a turret. My first turret was pretty lame, but afterwards, I created a much better one.
10/7/09	We worked with textures today and learned a little more in the Hammer Editor. For homework, we are to design on paper a map we plan on creating.
10/14/09	In class, we discussed technical design documents and the different software used to make a video game. After that, we Worked with the map we have been creating from the previous weeks, we learned how to add a buy zone and lighting. Lighting cannot be too bright, nor too dim. We are also beginning to create the map we had drawn the week before.
10/21/09	The computers today have been causing quite a problem. Before mine nearly drove me to kill it, we learned how to create a prefab. It was a quaint, little box.
10/28/09	A lot of computers were having issues with Steam today, so we learned about the program Game Maker. We created sprites and objects and fireballs and all sorts of things. We also got to play a our new game and I sure was proud of it. Haha.
11/04/09	We turned in our completed rooms in Hammer Editor. From here on out, we are now working with Game Maker and we will be creating a platform game. Yipee!!! Project 2.
11/11/09	We worked more in Game Maker and evolved our previous version of our platform game. We really moved up from plain black blocks and a volleyball. Soon we will be working on Project 3 and create our own platform game.
11/18/09	Today, we added on to our previous game by creating monsters and the possibility of dying in the game. Now we are working on creating our own map. By next week, I will have that up to show.